Is A Political Earthquake Happening In The U.S.?

ROCK STAR: 'The Donald' has become America's energetic contrarian-in-chief, wowing crowds with talk of a political 'movement' designed to 'Make America Great Again'

Daily Mail: Trump hammers 'this sanctuary cities crap' and jokes about replacing Obamacare with 'Donaldcare' as women CRY with joy and 20,000 enthralled Texans roar 90 minute speech

* Republican front-runner gave the longest speech of any major party candidate in the 2016 presidential election
* American Airlines center was packed to the rafters with Texans who came to hear The Donald speak
* 'We've got a president who doesn't know what the hell he's doing!' Trump blasted, mocking global warming and focusing on 'nuclear global warming'
* Took minor swipes at Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson before Wednesday's debate but boos rang from the arena at the mention of Jeb Bush's name
* Met before his speech with Texans whose family members were killed by illegal immigrants – and returned to 'anchor baby' rhetoric
* 'I just never thought I'd see the day when someone in politics would say the things he's saying,' said a woman who wept for joy while Trump spoke

Donald Trump spoke for nearly 90 minutes to a crowd estimated at 20,000 on Monday night in Dallas, railing against 'this sanctuary cities crap' and joking that after he presided over the demise of Obamacare, the insurance scheme's replacement might bear his name.

'We'll go with "DonaldCare",' he said near the end of what became the longest campaign speech so far of any candidate vying for the presidency in 2016, after a man in the raucous and riled-up audience called out the imaginary name for an as-yet imaginary new national health care initiative.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks to supporters as he campaigns at a rally in Atlanta on September 11. TAMI CHAPPELL/REUTERS

New York Times: Bernie Sanders Makes Rare Appeal to Evangelicals at Liberty University

Senator Bernie Sanders took his message of confronting inequality to unfamiliar ground on Monday at Liberty University, a leading evangelical Christian college, where he sought to build what he called “common ground” with students, beginning with the foundations of Christianity itself: the Bible.

“I am far, far from a perfect human being, but I am motivated by a vision which exists in all of the great religions — in Christianity, in Judaism, in Islam, Buddhism and other religions — and which is so beautifully and clearly stated in Matthew 7:12,” Mr. Sanders, who is seeking the Democratic Party’s nomination for president, told the crowd at a convocation. “And it states: ‘So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the law and the prophets.’ That is the golden rule. Do to others what you would have them do to you.

“It is not very complicated,” he added.

WNU Editor: I am not an American citizen. I am just outsider looking at the U.S. from the outside. But seeing Senator Bernie Sanders at Liberty University, and Donald Trump with 20,000 supporters in a stadium .... can an Republican establishment candidate like Jeb Bush do that? Can a Democrat establishment candidate like Hillary Clinton do that? And attract such crowds? The answer is a BIG NO. A month ago I was in both China and Russia meeting old friends and giving a presentation (in a Russian foreign policy forum) on the current state of U.S. foreign policy, but where everyone was interested in what was my take on what was happening politically in Washington. I told them what I have said a few times in this blog .... the U.S. political landscape is changing and changing big time .... and what I saw yesterday only validates that observation.